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Private Benjamin (Full Screen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9786304696552
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6304696558
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D11075D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 29, 1997
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1980
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Editorial Review:
A pampered socialite (Goldie Hawn) is so distraught after the wedding-night death of her husband (Albert Brooks) that she up and joins the Army. She whines, she pouts, she brings the corps down, until, of course, she gets with it. Eileen Brennan received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as the butch Captain Doreen Lewis, Benjamin's nemesis. Funny and winning, the film takes an odd turn when Benjamin is assigned to the international theater and gets involved with a dour Frenchman (Armand Assante). Of course, it's all part of Benjamin's growth as a person, and the part confirmed that Hawn had gone from a go-go girl to a "you go" girl. --Keith Simanton
Goldie Hawn wins the Comedy Medal of Honor in this box-office smash about a pampered upper-middle class princess who joins "today's Army." Eileen Brennen and Armand Assante co-star. Year: 1980 Director: Howard Zieff Starring: Goldie Hawn Eileen Brennen Armand AssanteRunning Time: 110 min.System Requirements:Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Access Dolby Digital Theatrical Trailer Languages: English & French Subtitles: English French & Spanish Standard version has been modified from its original version; it has been formatted to fit your screen. Interactive Menus Production Notes Theatrical Trailer Video Format: Standard 1.33:1 (4.3) English: Dolby Digital Stereo French: Dolby Digital Mono Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 085391107521
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cute Goldie Hawn comedy,
but, lets face it she been cute for years, still is. Spoiled, rich, princess, marries, hubby dies on their wedding nite. She's depressed and dispondent, so when better to make a life altering decision? She joins the army, and the comedy begins. Nothing eye opening, just a cute comedy starring cute Goldie. Enjoy!
Rating: - All present and correct
The service comedy is a genre almost as old as cinema itself and, whether it's Charlie Chaplin or Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe in the trenches, Andy Griffith befuddling his sergeants, the Carry On team on the assault course or Steve Guttenberg and co at the Police Academy, has an almost immutable formula that is never, ever departed from: through mildly comic misadventure misfit(s) find themselves in the army/navy/air force/police force, are hopelessly unprepared for the harsh realities of basic ... Read More
Rating:  - Private Benjamin
I love Goldie Hawn movies and purchased Private Benjamin to watch (again) with my granddaughter who just enlisted in the military...we watched it prior to her leaving for boot camp, and I'm sure it helped her prepare for her "adventure".
Rating:  - FORMAT
Why has this movie never been released in Widescreen format? I absolutely refuse to buy a movie in fullscreen format that was originally released in the theaters in widescreen. Let's face it folks, when a movie is viewed fullscreen a good part of the movie is missing. The exception to this is older movies that were actually realeased in theaters in this format. Other than that, it is a great comedy which I would love to own in it's original format.
Rating: - Overrated, but still entertaining
Goldie Hawn gives an astounding performance as Judy Benjamin, a spoiled rich girl whose second husband just died six hours into their marriage. Not knowing where to go from there, she calls a radio call-in show to get advice from people. In the end, she meets an army recruiter who tells her to enlist. Judy does so, but only because the recruiter glamorizes the lifestyle to the point that he flat out lies. When she gets there, she gets a rude awakening.
The first half of the movie is ... Read More
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